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Abstract
The implementation of comprehensive systems of water allocations has opened the way for water trading in Australia. While surface water trading has received significant attention, trade in groundwater has taken a back seat. This must change. Greater than 30 per cent of Australia’s groundwater systems are approaching or beyond sustainable extraction limits and groundwater trading stands to facilitate the management of these finite water resources. It is therefore imperative that correct controls and procedures be developed to ensure such trade is administered effectively and with due consideration to the physical, social and environmental constraints shaping sustainable groundwater supply.
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Tamara Boyd
Tamara Boyd is an Environmental Engineer undertaking post-graduate research at RMIT University into groundwater trading within Australia. Formerly a Reservoir Engineer with Esso Australia Ltd, Tamara also spent several years creating and managing an award winning business enhancing staff wellbeing through the provision of workplace music lessons! She has returned to academia to pursue an interest in hydrogeology and groundwater resource management. This paper was written in 2001, during Tamara’s first year of PhD study and was first presented at the 27th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Melbourne, May 2002.
John Brumley
Associated Professor John Brumley has extensive practical and academic experience in environmental land and water issues through key appointments at RMIT University, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and the Geological Survey of Victoria. John also works in an advisory capacity for the Victorian Government, the Environment Protection Authority and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.